STAFF
1. The renovation of the Law School will cure the only conspicuous
problem that the law library has faced. The high professionalism of
the entire staff under the superb leadership of Judith Wright is
not equalled at any other school I've ever visited. They do more
with fewer resources than any of their peer institutions and remain
the benchmark by which every other law library can be judged.
2. have been very happy with the DA research librarians' expertise,
willingness to help, and thoroughness in following up on my
questions.
3. The Law Library staff is incredible helpful and
knowledgable.
4. The librarians at D'Angelo are great. They are always helpful
and very courteous.
5. The people who at D'Aneglo are fantastic,
6. The law school library staff has always been absolutely
wonderful about everything.
7. I have been very happy with how quickly D'Angelo staff retrieves
items from storage.
8. I have always found William Alspaugh in the East Asian Library
and Lyonette Louis Jacques in the Law library to be very kind,
knowledgable and helpful.
9. Since arriving at Chicago in 2005, I have been consistently
impressed and delighted by te service I've received at the
Regenstein (and Harper. Crerar, Eckhart, and Law when I've used
them)
10. The Law Library staff is fantastic. The facilities are getting
a needed upgrade. Hopefully the changes will be adequate.
11. i prefer law to regenstein in terms of atmosphere and service.
my regenstein experiences have been just ok, but i think i would
not want to spend the resources to improve.
12. I am not sure if the library is in charge of the computer
service folks in the law library, but the gentleman who sits in the
computer pod has to be one of the most unhelpful, mean, and
demeaning people I have met on campus.
ENVIRONMENT
13. The staff at D'Angelo is great, but due to the renovations, the
library is essentially unavailable as a study space (the floors
that are open are crowded, there is noise, and the climate control
is poor), and print resources are difficult to access. The staff
has done a pretty good job working with the construction process,
but I wish there had been some way to keep more print sources
available in the library.
14. Alot of my negative feelings have come as a result of the
construction. The construction on the student spaces of study
should have been done over the summer. It is unacceptable that I
LITERALLY cannot study in the library during the day because the
sound of drills, etc. get through my earplugs, and because I would
have to strip in order to not be completely sweat drenched when
leaving. I believe that this has negatively impacted my ability to
study at school, and therefore that has translated into a problem
studying generally. I have actually driven all the way to the 95th
S. Chicago Public Library just to find some peace and quiet to
study. This is ridiculous.
15. D'Angelo used to be good but the current construction makes it
less so.
16. The D'Angelo Law Library is extremely sub-par. I know it is
getting renovated so hopefully that will help, but I do not want
that to be an excuse to ignore survey responses about the Law
Library.
17. There is absolutely nowhere to sit.
18. the law library is not acceptable is one pays a tuition like
that.
19. There are also few outlets, yet we are expected to use laptop
computers.
20. We pay a ton of money yet are studying in a hard hat area. It
is constantly loud.
21. It also has terrible temperature control. I have heard nothing
but complaints about the atmosphere. I have friends who go to far
worse law schools yet have much better study facilities.
22. The space provided at the law school library this year has been
absolutely horrendous. I understand that the library needs to be
renovated, but it is extremely loud and there is not enough room
for all of the students to have study space. Law students need to
have a quiet space to do their studies, and we don't have it. The
space is cramped, and the construction is extremely
distracting.
23. In addition, the spaces that have plugs for our computers are
few in number and usually taken.
24. The law library is a disgrace - poorly lit, extremely
uncomfortable chairs, very cramped and ugly.
25. The D'Angelo Law Library is tremendously confusing, and also
dirty.
SUGGESTIONS
25. I think there is a great need for the Law Library to offer
research training sessions beyond the first year of law school.
Those sessions in the first year were helpful, but when legal
research tools aren't used on a daily basis, it would be extremely
helpful to have referesher courses available. Also, I'd like a
little more explanation about the Ask a Law Librarian events that
are scheduled in the law school Briefs during various lunch
periods. I've never taken advantage of one of these, but it's
because I have no idea what they are for or why they are
happening.
26. It might be nice for there to be hot water taps in the
libraries for making tea. There is such a one in the Law Library on
the third floor and it is quite a nice addition.
27. Please, please, please provide double-sided printers in the law
library. Considering the number of e-materials assignes, it's an
absolute necessity for cost, environmental and medical
reasons.
28. Also, the libraries should really open earlier on the weekends
because lots of undergrads would like to study before 12. The
tunnel entrance between BJ and the Law Library should open at 10 on
saturdays and sundays because the library is open then.
29. I would like the Law School Library to keep its magazine
subscriptions updated. Especially Harper's--it stopped coming last
year.
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